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Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772192
Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht
for: 6 soloists (SSSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 470239
Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht
for: 6 soloists (SSSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 470227
Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht
for: 6 soloists (SSSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 470190
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237361
à 26 in concerto
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237221
à 26 in concerto
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237215
Kantate zum 1. Pfingsttag
Ausgabe nach der 1. Fassung; Entstehung evtl. früher, Niederschrift spätestens zu Pfingsten 1723
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part(n)
Item no.: 233016
ZWV 84
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235270
BR JCFB E 1
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234221
Festlicher Schlussgesang zum Gottesdienst
für gemischten Chor (oder 3 Oberstimmen) und Orchester
nach der Kantate BWV 207
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trumpet 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684869
Kantate zum Sonntag Oculi HoWV II.57
for: 3 soloists (STB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772212
Der Fromme stirbt HoWV I.4
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 487019
Graduale Exaudi, Dominum und Offertorium Lauda anima mea Dominum für die Messe in Es-Dur op. 107
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1161023
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Favorit choir (SATB), chapell choir (SATB), double bass, organ [chapell choir satb, 8 melodic instruments]
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160689
H 78
for: Mixed choir (SATTB), baroque orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1136518
Cantata for the New Year's Day
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797155
Cantata for the New Year's Day
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797153
Kantate zum Sonntag Sexagesimae
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233999
Kantate zum 9. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233621
Kantate zum 22. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233422
Cantata for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 232976
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Single part(n)
Item no.: 232609
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797924
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
bezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668512
für gemischten Chor (SATB), Streicher und Pauken
Einzelstimme Violine 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 644518
zum Osterfest Christ lag in Todes Banden
TVWV 9:3 (1720)
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043181
zum Weihnachtsfest über "Ein Kindelein so löbelich"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1024897
Viennese version
1736/ 1800/ 1843
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770904
Offertorium in C-Dur
1734/35
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638892
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
Früher J.S. Bach zugeschriebenes Werk
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), flute, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424480
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424378
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 664565
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 664558
"Jubiläumsmesse / Rupertimesse"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355181
"Jubiläumsmesse / Rupertimesse"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355176
Kantate zum 16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1009362
Joseph Martin Kraus – Musikalische Werke
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797916
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity.
Leipzig Version.
Reconstruction Masaaki Suzuki
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797122
1756/1760
Telemann-Archiv – Urtext Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771577
Cantata for the 21st Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 687872
Cantata for the Feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687572
Cantata for the Feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 687569
Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 673188
Trauermusik
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 661366
Offertorium de venerabili
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355189
Motet a 11
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae"
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles, organ
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 1355090
Motet a 11
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae"
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles, organ
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 1355085
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